Schmuel Zaks (born 1949) is a computer scientist and mathematician who works in the fields of distributed computing and computer networks. He is a professor at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, where he holds the Joan Callner-Miller Chair in Computer Science.
Shmuel Zaks | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1949 |
| Alma mater | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Distributed computing and Computer networks |
| Institutions | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | Chung Laung Liu |
| Doctoral students | Tamar Eilam |
Zaks received his BSc degree from Technion in 1971 and MSc from Technion in 1972. In 1979 he received his PhD degree from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where his PhD supervisor was Chung Laung Liu.[1] Since then, he has done joint work with numerous co-authors, including the prolific mathematician Paul Erdős.
During the 23rd International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC 2009), a series of lectures was organized to celebrate Schmuel Zaks's and Michel Raynal's 60th birthdays and their contributions in the development of the field of distributed computing.[2]
In 2017, Zaks received the Prize for Innovation in Distributed Computing, at the SIROCCO 2017 conference, for his lifetime achievements in Distributed Computing.
Notes edit
- ^ "Shmuel Zaks - the Mathematics Genealogy Project".
- ^ "Michel Raynal and Shmuel Zaks Celebration: Sixty and Beyond". 23rd International Symposium on Distributed Computing. Elche/Elx, Spain, September 23–25, 2009.
References edit
- "Prof. Shmuel Zaks". Faculty, Computer Science Department, Technion.
- "Shmuel Zaks, Professor". Technion Autonomous Systems Program.
- "Shmuel Zaks, Professor". Personal home page.
- "Prof. Shmuel Zaks on a short sabbatical at CREATE-NET". CREATE-NET Events. 30 September 2008.
- "Zaks, Shmuel". MathSciNet.
- "Shmuel Zaks". Mathematics Genealogy Project.
- Johnson, David S. (1984). "The genealogy of theoretical computer science: a preliminary report". SIGACT News. 16 (2): 36–49. doi:10.1145/1008959.1008960. S2CID 26789249..
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